Spice – Spice Girls (1996)
It was 1997, and Spice Girl-mania was reaching fever pitch. And so it was, one rainy day, when my mother took me to the music store and bought me my first album — on cassette tape, I might add — the debut offering from Sporty, Scary, Posh, Baby and Ginger. I went home, found my brightly coloured kiddie tape player, and proceeded to play and rewind for approximately the next year. I memorised such child-friendly lyrics such as, “Are you as good as I remember baby, get it on, get it on/’Cause tonight is the night when two become one” and “Do you think I’m really cool and sexy/And I know you wanna get with me.” I cringe now, but at the time, they were super fun, super catchy and all about that girl power.
[Hannah Atkins]
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